RailTrails in the Northwest Region of Ohio

RailTrails in the
Northwest Region of Ohio

Click on County Name For More Information
Map provided by the:
Ohio Department of Transportation's Biking Page

The trails in NorthWest Ohio will be listed here by County and then alphabetically within county. Click on the County Name on the map, to see the list of RailTrails in that County/

Erie County

HURON TRAIL (see also) Lake Shore Electric Railway Trail aka Huron Trail)
Erie County/Huron along U.S Route 6 (Open)
1.5 miles/gravel
Ohio Edison/City of Huron and volunteers
Lake Shore Electric (interurban)

HURON RIVER GREENWAY
- Erie County
-Huron to Milan and Norfolk Erie County MetroParks (Under Construction)
-Partially open. To be 12. 8 miles when completed/Gravel
-Huron River Greenway Coalition
-Erie MetroParks

Fulton/Henry, Lucas Counties

WABASH CANNONBALL TRAIL
Lucas, Fulton, Williams and Henry Counties/Maumee to Liberty Center
63 miles/cinders and original ballast some asphalt
Northwest Ohio Rails-to-Trails Assoc. (NORTA)
Norfolk Southern (Wabash)
When complete, will be nearly 63 miles in length, Montpelier and Defiance to Toledo.

Lucas County

UNIVERSITY PARKS BIKE-HIKE TRAIL
Lucas County/Toledo
6.3 miles/asphalt
University of Toledo Campus to King Road
Toledo Area MetroParks
Detroit Toledo and Ironton (?)

MIAMI AND ERIE CANAL TOWPATH TRAIL
-Lucas County/Providence to Waterville
-10.1 miles/dirt through the wooded area between the old canal bed
and the Scenic Maumee River from Providence to Waterville

Hancock County

BLANCHARD RIVER GREENWAY
- Hancock County (Findlay)
- Bright Road (East) to I-75 (West)
- 7.73 miles Asphalt
- Hancock Park District

Hardin County

PHOEBE SNOW TRAIL
- Marion County, Hardin County and Allen County
- 41 miles crushed snow and asphalt (when built)
- Marion County Park District
- East from Marion through Hardin County and stops 2 miles into Allen County. To Lima eventually
- Trail in planning.

Mercer County

CELINA COLDWATER BIKEWAY
Mercer County/Celina to Coldwater
Schunck Road (North) to Vine Street (South)
4.5 miles/asphalt paved
Donated by the Huffy Foundation/City of Celina
Penn Central (CCC&StL-Big Four)
Parallel to active track (R.G. Corman Ry., former NS/Lake Erie
& Western).

Sandusky County

NORTH COAST INLAND TRAIL
Lorain, Huron, Sandusky, Ottowa & Wood Counties when completed.
Proposed NCIT will extend from Elyria to Millbury via Norwalk and Freemont and connect to other trails in the Toledo area.
Lorain County Park District
Penn Central (New York Central)
Proposed NCIT will extend west to Norwalk and Fremont to Millbury
Lorain County Park District
A. Lorain County/Elyria to Kipton Section
14 miles/ asphalt paved
Lorain County Park District
Penn Central (New York Central)
B. Oberlin Section (AKA OBERLIN BIKE PATH)
2.8 miles/ asphalt paved
Lorain County Park District
Penn Central (New York Central)
C. Clyde-Fremont Section-
Sandusky County/ Clyde to Fremont
5 miles/ asphalt paved
Sandusky County Park District
Penn Central (New York Central)
Opened September 1997)

The trail added an additional 6.5 miles to the trail connecting the cities of Clyde and Freemont. Start either at East Side Park off St. Joseph Street in Freemont or Maple Street in Clyde. For more information please call the Sandusky County Park District at (419) 334-4495.

Van Wert County

MIAMI ERIE CANAL
- Allen, Auglaize, Miami , Shelby & Van Wert Counties (South to North)
- Delphos (North) to Piqua (South)
- 59 miles, dirt, grass & compacted stone
- Miami Erie Canal Corridor Association
- Formerly the Towpath of the Miami and Erie Canal (Toledo to Cincinnati)

Wood County

SLIPPERY ELM TRAIL
Wood County/Bowling Green to North Baltimore
13.5 miles/asphalt
Wood County Park District
Chessie System (Baltimore & Ohio)

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